BankUnited - BKU Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "sell" BKU shares.
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5 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for BankUnited's stock. Their BKU share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $44.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.7% from the stock's current price.
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BankUnited's stock was trading at $42.31 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BKU shares have decreased by 14.5% and is now trading at $36.17.
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BankUnited saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,560,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the October 15th total of 4,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 613,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.4 days. Currently, 6.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 19th 2023.
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BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 20th. The financial services provider reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.11. BankUnited had a net margin of 29.75% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.71%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.94 earnings per share.

BankUnited announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, October 31st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 13th.
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BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.76%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BKU will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 employees have rated BankUnited Chief Executive Officer Raj Singh on Glassdoor.com. Raj Singh has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Raj Singh in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Boeing (BA), General Motors (GM), Intel (INTC), KeyCorp (KEY), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Bank of America (BAC).

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.75%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.86%), State Street Corp (5.78%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (5.06%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.32%). Insiders that own company stock include A Gail Prudenti, Douglas J Pauls, Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, John N Digiacomo, Kevin A Malcolm, Leslie Lunak, Rajinder P Singh and Sanjiv Sobti.
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Shares of BKU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.17.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) has a market capitalization of $2.79 billion and generates $1.09 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $414.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,495 workers across the globe.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The official website for the company is www.bankunited.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (877) 779-2265, via email at llunak@bankunited.com, or via fax at 305-569-2019.